Tim Burke, Chris Hoskins, Manley Burke An eighteen-year-old University of Northern Colorado freshman, Ross Higuchi, sustained fatal injuries from a fall during a fraternity party in 2011. After participating in rush activities for Delta Tau Delta (“DTD”), Higuchi received an...

Daniel McCarthy, Manley Burke According to a statement from the University of Alabama, due to numerous calls to the University’s hazing hotline, the University “has ended all IFC pledgeship activities as of 1 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 18.”  At a...

Trish Walsh, Brad Stanford According to her complaint, on Halloween night in 2008, a 21-year-old woman and former Oregon State University student was sexually assaulted by a member of the Oregon Beta Chapter of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity in Corvallis,...

The September issue of Fraternal Law reported that Penn State was advising fraternity and sorority chapter advisors that they were responsible under the Clery Act for reporting certain crimes.  The article observed that volunteer chapter advisors did not appear to...

Sean Callan, Manley Burke, sean.callan@manleyburke.com When we think of the Greek chapter house, we think of more than simply bricks and mortar.  The chapter house is often the dominant evidence of a Greek organization’s presence on a particular campus.  More...

John Christopher, Manley Burke, john.christopher@manleyburke.com Since 1940, the IRS has provided procedures under which an organization recognized by the IRS as being exempt under Section 501(c) could submit a request for recognition of exemption for a group of organizations that...

Sarah Otte Graber & Sean K. Owens, Wood , Herron & Evans, LLP When people think of trademarks (often simply called “marks”), they typically think of famous brand names like McDonald’s or logos like the Nike Swoosh.  Fraternities and sororities...